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type: "Bill"
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title: "Penalty for Theft of Firearms"
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description: "In current law, the sentencing structure for theft, except for auto theft, is based on the value of the item stolen. The act exempts theft of firearms from that sentencing structure and makes theft of a firearm a class 6 felony, regardless of the firearm's value."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2025A"
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identifier: "HB 25-1062"
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citation: "Colorado HB 25-1062 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Monica Duran", "Nick Hinrichsen", "Ryan Armagost"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/723c285a-82ac-4dd5-8d35-da931ad480e5"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1062"
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source_hash: "4c48c582e50ccf13dccb2ecfc035dded5004450f8332749c750e76798c25a628"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 25-1062 (2025A) — Penalty for Theft of Firearms
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In current law, the sentencing structure for theft, except for auto theft, is based on the value of the item stolen. The act exempts theft of firearms from that sentencing structure and makes theft of a firearm a class 6 felony, regardless of the firearm's value.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_hb1062_s_app_003.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1062_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1062_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1062_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/19/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1062_h_jud_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1062_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
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7. **PA3 (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1062_s_app_01.pdf)
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8. **Reengrossed (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1062_ren.pdf)
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9. **Rerevised (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1062_rer.pdf)
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10. **Revised (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1062_rev.pdf)
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11. **Signed Act (06/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1062_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- CONCUR — **58–7** (pass) · lower
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- REPASS — **54–11** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **50–12** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
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- Monica Duran — primary (person)
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- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
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- Ryan Armagost — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Woog — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2025-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/723c285a-82ac-4dd5-8d35-da931ad480e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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